This week we emerged a little dusty and dirty but uplifted from four days at Buandik, our bush campsite in Gariwerd (Grampians) National Park. There, together with the Indigicate educators, we set up camp – our temporary community. Through walks, talks and living in the bush, students were able to connect to the environment at […]
As a memento of their time in KDS Junior School, our Year 5 students painted their own unique kiddush cups this week. Each student created their individual cos l’mitzvah, a goblet with which to perform the mitzvah of reciting kiddush on Shabbat. The Friday night kiddush explicitly affirms that we were lovingly gifted Shabbat as
With an enormous flurry of activity, our school year is drawing to a close. Given the array of camps, drama festivals, graduation ceremonies, Kadima days and excursions that we are undertaking, I am sure that our students will be suitably exhausted by the middle of next week. We are very grateful that we have been
The Junior School campus has been bursting with Chanukah excitement this week! Our students kicked off a thrilling festival week with communal tefillah where we lit the Chanukiah and heard about the incredible work of The Joint Australia who kindly donated boxes of candles to each of our P-5 students. Across the school, students experienced
Last week’s Junior School Sports Carnival was another brilliant day! From long jump, to sack racing, to sprints and egg and spoon races – we had a day filled with fun, skill and ruach! Galil was the winning house with 2374 points, followed by Negev with 2291 points. The weather stayed clear at the Bricker Reserve
On December 6 1938, Yorta Yorta man, William Cooper, famously led a march from his home to the German Consulate in Melbourne to deliver a protest letter about the Nazi attrocities that occurred in Germany a month earlier on Kristalnacht. This unprecedented and brave show of morality marks a model of mutual support that continues
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This week and last we’ve been busy preparing and learning about the upcoming Jewish Festival of Chanukah through art, drama, music and of course food! We practised drawing and crossing the mid-line through drawing and painting a Chanukiah for a classroom wall display. Crossing the body’s mid-line is the ability to reach across the middle of the
Wonderful news! Mayani Wise (Year 12) has had her artwork shortlisted for Top Arts VCAA Season of Excellence. Mayani’s work is an incredible large scale set of art works which captured the attention of Top Arts judges. Mayani’s dedication to her Artwork is a credit to her. We congratulate Mayani along with the work of
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There was a brief moment at a School Council meeting towards the end of 2020 when one of our Council members highlighted that we had not raised the COVID-19 emergency during our discussions that evening. It was a remarkable signal of the positivity and optimism we felt at the time and the naive assumption that
A huge mazal tov to Year 11 student Alex Cowen who came second place in Mikolot, the national public speaking competition for Jewish schools. This year students were required to reflect on the High Holy Days through Elie Wiesel’s (1992) words that, “I believe that to be Jewish today means what it meant yesterday and
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The King David School is a forward-thinking school that fosters a love of learning, egalitarianism and a proud connection to Jewish identity.
The King David School acknowledges the Bunurong/Boon Wurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation as Traditional Owners of the land on which we are fortunate to teach and learn. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. In the spirit of tikkun olam, we seek to ‘learn and understand’ the history, struggle and culture of our First Nations People. We pay our respects to them and to their Elders past and present.